What is it about?

The creation of a questionnaire and evaluation of CHW knowledge on issues related to prenatal care

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Why is it important?

This assessment was able to identify the aspects that need to be addressed in maternal health and thus contribute to CHW's professional actions in some way to improve prenatal care.

Perspectives

With the explanation of how the questionnaire was prepared and applied in our cultural and local context and with the dissemination of the questionnaire used, this can show how to adapt and apply the evaluation in other contexts and identify the potentialities and needs of health professionals in refers to maternal health.

Lívia Pimenta Bonifacio
Fundacao de Apoio ao Ensino Pesquisa e Assistencia do Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto da Universidade de Sao Paulo

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This page is a summary of: Assessment of the knowledge of Brazilian Community Health Workers regarding prenatal care, Primary Health Care Research & Development, October 2018, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1463423618000725.
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